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DANIELWLMESSERQOE BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOE To D. W. MESSER,

. E. B. FITTS, ANDA. JAMES.

` "HAND-STAMP.

`spedirenaam of Letterslratent No. 12,468, dated February e?, 1855.

. Beit known that IDANIEL W. MESsER, of

I Boston, in the county" of `Suffolkand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements' in Hand-Stamps,

` f of `which `the followings a fau, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the 'annexed drawings, "making part of this specification, inrwhichf-` o i Figure lis aview `ofmy stamp, Fig. 2, a i longitudinal section through the same.

In hand "stamps for post office and other Asimilar uses, in which the types or char- .y acters are Secured rigidly `tothe handle by l `which they arefoperated, it is not found fpossible` to? obtain` a @correct impression, owing to the dlicultyjinbringing down the o type plate level upon the surfaoetobe print"n "`ed. To remedythis inconvenience, the types I have been secured tothe handle by means of `a spring anda ball and socket joint; this I allowed thetype plate toaccommodate itself .to the Surface ,of the paper, but the rigid connection between the handle and the types causes the latter soonto wear out, as there is l "no"` elasticity interposed between the type plateand the handle. `'Ioremedy` this and the same time todiminish the cost of the `stamp is `the objectof my present invention, Awhich consists insecuringthe type plate to "the handle by means ofan india rubber conf nection, which shallbe capable of yielding ,o not only so asto accommodate the type plate to thesurfaceof thexpaper, but also in a stamped as before suggested.

vertical" direction, by which means as the `impression is made by a smartblow, as is customary, the india rubber `yields slightly,

and the blow is not felt so injuriously by the type `plate as when there is a rigid connec- `a flange uponthe bottom of which proiJects overa corresponding flange on the plate as seen in Figf2.

A is a piece of india rubber which is securely fastened in any suitablemanner to both the socket and the handle. This india rubber connection thus serves as a spring connection between the printing plate and handle and allows the latter to accommodate itself to the surface of the article to be I do not claim uniting the type plate to the handle by means of a ball and socket joint, as that has been done before, but y What I do claim o as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The india rubber connection between the plate and the handle operating in the man; ner and for the purpose herein set forth.

D. w. MESSER.

4 o Witnesses SAM. COOPER, JOHN S. CLow.

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